Unicode: U+5589

Pinyin: hóu

Definition

* 颈的前部和气管相通的部分,是呼吸器官的一部分,内有声带,又是发音器官(通称"喉头") ~咙。~舌(❶泛指说话的器官;❷喻代言人,如"报纸是人民的~~";❸喻险要的地方,如"居庸关乃扼守京城之~~";❹古喻国家的重臣,特指御史之类的谏官)

throat, gullet, larynx; guttural

Structure

喉 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_5589
Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
81_E727

Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC